EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 GROUP B D H J SPANISH TEAMS RESULTS

EUROPA LEAGUE action tonight with four Spanish Clubs participating in their Groups B, D, H & J respectively. Here is a quick summary & the results of a mixed night for the Spanish teams.ATLETICO DE MADRID finished their Group B match against German team BAYERN LEVERKUSEN with a 1-1 draw result. Atletico de Madrid put in a great second half to come back & equalize but failed half a dozen chances

LIONEL MESSI RECEIVES THE GOLDEN BOOT AWARD 2009 - 2010

FC BARCELONA star Argentine LIONEL MESSI received tonight the EUROPEAN GOLDEN BOOT AWARD for his 34 goals scored last season 2009-2010. The Argentine enjoyed a ceremony packed with media & guests to take the coverted "Highest European League Goalscorer" prize. He adds this to his "Golden Ball 2009" & "FIFA World Player 2009" prizes.Here is the final Top 1o list. Take note the the first Nº are the

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM | LIST OF 20 PLAYERS ANNOUNCED FOR LITUANIA SCOTLAND

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has handed in his list of 20 Spanish players for the upcoming EURO 2012 Group qualifiers against Lituania & Scotland. Spain plays Lituania in the Spanish city of Salamanca on the 8th of October & then flys to Glasgow to play Scotland on the 12th of October.The news is that FC Barcelona midfielder XAVI HERNANDEZ has been left out

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 -2011 GROUP C D RESULTS | RUBIN KAZAN 1 FC BARCELONA 1 | VALENCIA CF 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 1

Two Spanish Teams played their respective Group CHAMPIONS LEAGUE matches tonight with mixed results & a late sour surprise.FC BARCELONA travelled to visit RUBIN KAZAN to end up drawing 1-1 in their Group D match. The Russians put in 5 defenders, 4 midfelders & 1 forward in a clear sign to build a wall & play counter-attack Football. This makes it difficult for any team to play well, yet alone

REAL MADRID CF TEAM PHOTO | 2010 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE vs AUXERRE

Independently of the "bad" performance tonight by REAL MADRID in their 0-1 Champions League Group G victory over Auxerre , here is the REAL MADRID TEAM PHOTO starting 11 for the fans.L to R Back: Khedira, Ramos, Pepe, Benzema, Xabi & RonaldoL to R Front: Casillas, Marcelo, Lass, Higuain, Arbeloa

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 | GROUP G RESULT | AUXERRE 0 REAL MADRID 1

Yes the three points are important & yes REAL MADRID won away 0 -1 AUXERRE in their Group G CHAMPIONS LEAGUE qualifier, but the image was sad. The Spanish team looked impotent most of the night & the French had their chances ( post included from a Pepe header in defence) of getting ahead.The French team put up a very organized defence that waited for their chances to counter-attack, which they

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 | GROUP G PREVIEW |POSSIBLE REAL MADRID STARTING 11 AGAINST AUXERRE

REAL MADRID travel to France & visit AUXERRE in their Group G Champions League qualifier. The Spaniards arrive under lots of pressure for heir recent poor play, Coach Mourinho being as controversial as ever & a worrying dry spell in goals. The other news is that Defender Carvalho has pains in his ankle that could leave him out tonight although the decision will be taken before kick-off. Therefore

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER - SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 - 2011 | MONDAY ROUND 5 RESULT

SPANISH FOOTBALL celebrated tonight its last match of Round 5 with the Spanish League - La Liga - clash between MALAGA - VILLAREAL. Like the saying goes, they left the best until last with a 2-3 victory to Villareal that saw 90 mins of emotional & action packed excitment. The first 35 min of the match gave us all the goals, all 5 in a crazy game.Malaga scored first early via ELISEU in the 4th min

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER - SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 - 2011 | SUNDAY ROUND 5 RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL action with Round 5 of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - with 6 matches down for this Sunday.MALLORCA are making their home ground a difficult place to visit with todays 2-0 victory over REAL SOCIEDAD. Argentine CAVENAGHI scored both goals in the 5th min & later in the 62nd min to give his team the 3ºpoints.RCD ESPANYOL did the job on OSASUNA winning 1-0 thanks to the goal scored by

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER - SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 - 2011 | SATURDAY ROUND 5 RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL celebrated three games tonight of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - as part of Round 5.The above picture tells the story. Newly promoted LEVANTE managed to keep out REAL MADRID without scoring & gain a valuable 0-0 draw. It was perhaps the worst performance from Real Madrid this season with no clear game plan, lack of creative ideas & more individual performances than a real team

REAL MADRID FC BARCELONA | THE SPINAL COLUMN

Interesting article on Spanish Football magazine (online version) "Don Balon" comparing FC Barcelona & Real Madrid. The feature observes, compares & illustrates what Football Coaches call technically the "Spinal Column" of the team. That is Goalkeeper, Defender, Midfielder & Striker; the 4 important pieces of the team to which everything else is built around & the 4 "discs" that sustain the whole

REAL MADRID BASKETBALL TEAM 2010 - 2011 | SERGIO RODRIGUEZ

I don’t accustom myself to place ads on this blog, however once & a while…Sergio Rodriguez is the new signing for the REAL MADRID Basketball Team & has come straight from the USA NBA competition. Real Madrid has used Sergio as the TV ad image to boost Club members & introduce Real to the new 2010 – 2011 Spanish Basketball season.I think it’s a nice ad that speaks of Sergio life changing by coming

SPANISH FOOTBALL | CRACKOVIA - REAL MADRID HUMOUR

There is a hilarious daily TV programme called “Crackovia” on Catalan TV which does Football (Sports) sketches of FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, At Madrid & any other Spanish Football related issue of the week or day.Found this on “Youtube” which takes the piss out of Mourinho, Ronaldo & Ozil. The sketch recreates in a humorous fashion the dressing moment straight after the Real Sociedad game. I

MANCHESTER UNITED EYES ATLETICO DE MADRID GOALKEEPER DAVID DE GEA

It’s not the first time that this story has appeared in the Sporting papers. To add wood to the fire, yesterday MANCHESTER UNITED Manager Sir Alex Ferguson was in the crowd to watch the Valencia – At Madrid “Liga” Round 4 clash. One could think that the Scotsman was there to “spy” on Valencia, but what he saw was another brilliant performance from DAVID DE GEA the 19 year old ATLETICO DE MADRID

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE _ LA LIGA 2010 2011 | ROUND 4 WEDNESDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued with 4 games tonight of Round 4 as parte of the mid-week SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - schedule.REAL SPORTING DE GIJON visited a FC BARCELONA team without Lionel Messi but the home side won 1- 0 with a goal from the ex-Sporting star DAVID VILLA now player of Barça. The Spanish International finally scored in the 49th min after Barça dominated with the ball most of the game

REAL MADRID TEAM PHOTO SEASON 2010 - 2011 | THE VIDEO

Thanks to “Youtube” channel “LoveSergio4”, who uploaded the video I have put up here in this particular post. It is today’s VIDEO of the REAL MADRID official 2010-2011 season Team Photo session. You will notice that everyone smarted up for the occasion, even Marcelo who shaved!Hope this gives the many Real Madrid readers a buzz…

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SPANISH LEAGUE _ LA LIGA 2010 2011 | ROUND 4 TUESDAY NIGHT GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL has mid week Round 4 action with the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - spread over three days with tonight giving us three top games to enjoy.REAL MADRID defeated ESPANYOL 3-0 with most of the exciting action coming in the 2ºhalf. The first 45 mins were relatively boring except for the penalty given to Real Madrid when a Ronaldo free-kick was hand-balled. It was CRISTIANO RONALDO who

SPANISH FOOTBALL | UJFALUSI TACKLE ANKLE INJURY ON MESSI | AT MADRID FC BARCELONA

The front cover of Spanish Sports daily "Marca" says it all with the title "CHILLING". The tackle from Atletico de Madrid player UJFALUSI on FC Barcelona forward LIONEL MESSI could have cracked the ankle of the player. The Czech player was obviously sent off with a Red Card & later apologized to Messi, but the debate is out on the street that this type of play needs to be seriously punished.The

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER - SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 - 2011 | SUNDAY ROUND 3 RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued with the Sunday Round 3 matches scheduled as part of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - competition. A total of 5 games with the last game of the Round down for tomorrow night with Deportivo - Getafe up for their clash.ATLETICO DE MADRID , with Sergio Aguero in the starting 11, in the big match against FC BARCELONA lost 1-2 in a game that could have gone Barça´s way 1 - 5

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER - SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 - 2011 | SATURDAY ROUND 3 RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL celebrated four games tonight of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - with Round 3 action.REAL MADRID defeated REAL SOCIEDAD 1-2 in an intense & suffered match that was settled in Madrid´s favour by two individual plays. DI MARIA scored his first Liga goal in brilliant fashion in the 51st min & RONALDO scored a free-kick winner in the 74th min. The goal for Real Sociedad came via

FIFA WORLD RANKING | SEPT 2010 | SPAIN Nº1

FIFA has released the September 2010 Football Nations World Ranking with the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM repeating the Nº1 spot. The defeat of Spain against Argentina earlier in the month at Buenos Aires has taken points away from Spain, 1883 to 1824 pts, but there is still has a sufficient lead over second placed Holland. The notable changes are Slovakia & Norway with big gains in the ranking

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 | GROUP G RESULT | REAL MADRID 2 AJAX OF AMSTERDAM 0

REAL MADRID defeated AJAX OF AMSTERDAM 2 -0 in the first Group G match of the 2010 - 2011 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE competition. A scoreline that leaves a bitter taste in the fans mouth as it could have easyly been 6-0 or even more. The Dutch team are less effective without their Uruguayan forward Suarez but were very "weak" tonight except for a couple of chances that gave the home team a scare or two.But

OFFICIAL ATLETICO DE MADRID SEASON 2010 - 2011 TEAM PHOTO | VIDEO

This one goes out to all the ATLETICO DE MADRID fans. A video of the season 2010 - 2011 team photo season courtesy of the ClubAupa Atleti!

FC BARCELONA 2010 | LEO MESSI BECOMES CLUBS TOP EUROPEAN GOAL SCORER

Here is a curious piece of information for the FC BARCELONA fan & the Football _ Soccer lover in general. Argentine International & Barça forward LEO MESSI has become the Top Goal Scorer in the History of FC BARCELONA for the Champions League competition. His two goals yesterday against Greek Club Panathianiakos took him pass Brazilian Rivaldo to take his goal tally to 27 goals.List of Top Goal

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 -2011 GROUP C D RESULTS | BURSASPOR 0 VALENCIA CF 4 | FC BARCELONA 5 - PANATHINAIKOS 1 | VIDEO TINO COSTA GOAL

SPANISH FOOTBALL got off to a great start in the 2010 - 2011 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group qualifiers with its two representatives tonight winning their respective games & in magnificent fashion with plenty of goals.VALENCIA CF travelled to Turkey for its Group C opener against Turkish Champs BURSASPOR & won 0 -4. Valencia started in spectacular fashion with his "cracker" from TINO COSTA who scored in

TENNIS : RAFAEL NADAL DEFEATS DJOKOVIC IN 4 SETS TO WIN THE 2010 US OPEN

Many of us here in Spain have woken up this morning to read the best news to open a new day. That Spanish Tennis player RAFAEL NADAL finally managed to finish his rain interrupted match against Novak Djokovic in the Final of the 2010 US OPEN with a 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2 victory.The 24 year old World Nº1 Tennis Player becames a Tennis Legend to join the select group of Tennis players - seven - who have

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER | SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 - 2011 | MONDAY NIGHT MATCH ROUND 2 RESULT

Monday night SPANISH FOOTBALL action with the last game of Round 2 of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - giving a 2 - 2 draw result between ALMERIA & REAL SOCIEDAD. In fact the local team managed a small miracle with Argentine & Almeria player ULLOA scoring the equalizer in the 90th min. Before this REAL SOCIEDAD hit the bar via Griezmann in the 83rd min when Real was 1-2 ahead. Real Socieddad new

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER | SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 2011 | ROUND 2 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL continued today with Round 2 of the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - with 5 games that gave us all lots of goals.GETAFE defeated LEVANTE 4-1 that tantalized the home crowd. GAVILAN scored twice in the 4th & 91st min along with COLUNGA in the 10th min & ARIZMENDI in the 92nd min. The consolation goal for Levente came via JORDI who scored in the 13th min. If the above match had goals,

FORMULA 1 | FERNANDO ALONSO WINS 2010 ITALIAN GP AT MONZA

Good news from Monza (Italy) the home of Ferrari & for Spanish Sports with the victory of Spanish Formula 1 driver FERNANDO ALONSO in the Italian GP. The Ferrari driver won his third F1 race this season putting in a fantastic performance after Button overtook him early in the start & then retook the lead after a dramatic & perfect pit stop that put Alonso back ahead & onto the victory. Part of

THE IVAN RUIZ STORY | HOW " BBVA CRACKS TV " ATLETICO DE MADRID SHATTERED HIS DREAMS & "DISTORTED" OTHERS | FALSE ADVERTISNG ?

This is an interesting & very human story on how Big Business “distorts” information, blemishes the image of Football, idols who eventually show how really "human" they are & in the process shatter the hopes & dreams of young people. Here is the brief & the rundown.Last season the current Spanish League Corporative sponsor of the 1º Division & 2º Division, the Spanish Bank “BBVA”, approved &

SPANISH FOOTBALL | SOCCER | SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA 2010 2011 | ROUND 2 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - celebrated four games of Round 2 tonight with teams that will participate in mid week European clashes. The Round has its big news in the result & defeat of current Spanish League Champion FC Barcelona against newly promoted Hercules, to which rivals Real Madrid took advantage winning their match.FC BARCELONA lost 0-2 at home to HERCULES of Alicante to give the shock

SPANISH U 21 NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM | CROATIA OPPONENT IN QUALIFIER

The Spanish U 21 National Football Team has the following objectives: Classify for the European U 21 Championships to be held in Denmark in June 2011 Participate in the 2012 Olympic Games in London. However before reaching those two goals Spain must defeat Croatia, the National Team that has been matched against them in today’s UEFA U 21 draw where the winners of the Group

FC BARCELONA 2010 | THE CLUB WITH MOST FANS IN EUROPE

German Sports consultancy "Sport Markt" has released its "Football Top 20" report for 2010. This report is a survey that gives the estimated number of fans (admirers) per European Clubs. This is how the consultancy explains the survey:The "Football Top 20" study analyses the popularity of domestic and international top football clubs in 17 European countries (

CHELSEA FC EYES SEVILLA FC WINGER JESUS NAVAS?

The news comes out of Italy & from the web “calciomercato.it”. According to this online media source specialized in European Football, English Premier League Club CHELSEA FC could make a 20M€ offer to SEVILLA FC for its young Spanish International winger JESUS NAVAS.The move would be during the Winter “transfer window” & taking advantage of the fact that the players contract with Sevilla FC ends

BASKETBALL | 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | SERBIA KNOCKS OUT SPAIN 92 - 89

The 2006 World & 2009 European Champs SPAIN was 89 points with Serbia equal with 89 points as well & 29 seconds left to go of normal time. The Serbs had the ball & waited thinking in extra-time & then Teodosic decides with 4 seconds left ( above image) to try his luck from 10 mts, & he scores a 3 pointer to take Serbia 92 – 89. With 3 seconds left, Spain had no margin to react & were knocked

VIDEO | THIAGO SERGIO CANALES U 21 SPANISH TEAM FREE KICK GOAL AGAINST POLAND

Here is the VIDEO that shows some smart free-kick strategy that won a vital game for the SPANISH U 21 NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM against Poland. Midfielder Thiago finds Sergio Canales who puts in the goal & the winner. Final score 0 -1Poland u21 - Spain u21 0-1If you are not able to watch the video it maybe because you have Chrome Navegator

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM | SOCIAL MEDIA

Social Media is taking off in a big way with everyone, especially the Spanish Football Players, who upload plenty of comments, videos & photos on their Facebook & Twitter accounts. Xabi Alonso, Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos, Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas etc wish to stay in touch with their fans & that is great!Here are two examples of photos on Twitter were the players are delighted to step on the Boca Juniors

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY 2010 | FINAL RESULT ARGENTINA 4 SPAIN 1

ARGENTINA has defeated the current World Champions SPAIN 4 - 1 in the International Friendly game played in the Argentine Capital Buenos Aires. Firstly, Argentina deserved the win & played an great match to win back some lost pride after a disappointing South African World Cup campaign. The home side went in concentrated & went in to win this game at all cost putting in a glamour starting line-up

SPANISH U 21 NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM | CANALES KEEPS SPAIN ALIVE WITH GOAL | POLAND 0 SPAIN 1

It was very close to ruin & nerves were on the edge of all Spanish spectators as the SPANISH NATIONAL U 21 FOOTBALL TEAM managed to win 0 -1 POLAND to maintain itself in the running for the London Olympic Games 2012. It was a must win match for Spain who suffered under a very competitive Poland team that did not make things easy with an excellent & disciplined defence that stopped Spain most of

IFFHS TOP WORLD GOAL SCORER RANKING SEPT 2010 | DIEGO FORLAN ON TOP

The FIFA backed “International Federation of Football History & Statistics” (IFFHS) maintains Uruguayan & ATLETICO DE MADRID forward DIEGO FORLAN as the current Top World Goal Scorer. Excellent news for the player who is candidate for this years FIFA Golden Ball which will be announce at the end of the year. Spanish International & newly signed FC Barcelona forward DAVID VILLA is currently in

FOOTBALL FINANCE | REAL MADRID TOP WORLD FOOTBALL SHIRT SELLER

Here is some interesting Football Finance news that I think may interest the Spanish Football Sports Blog readers.Finance expert Dr. Peter Rohlmann publishes in “Sportintelligence” a study from 2005 – 2009 on the sales of Football Club shirts throughout the World. His final results are that REAL MADRID along with English Club Manchester United are the highest sellers of Football shirts in the

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY 2010 | POSSIBLE SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM STARTING 11 AGAINST ARGENTINA

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM is currently in Buenos Aires preparing itself for tomorrows "juicy" International Friendly match against ARGENTINA. Its going to be more than just a friendly kick around as Argentina wishes to "clean" its bad memory of South Africa & Spain wishes to defend its World Champions title.Spanish Coach Vicente Del Bosque (above) however wishes to take off some wood

ENZO ZIDANE | THE DILEMMA : PLAY FOR SPAIN OR PLAY FOR FRANCE?

ENZO ZIDANE is the 15 year old son of World Football French Legend ZINEDINE ZIDANE & is currently lifting eyebrows here in the REAL MADRID junior team & with Spanish Football observers. The youngster has apparently inherited the style & playing finesse of his father & may soon make a serious jump in level in his early career which calls for a mayor decision.Enzo was born in France in 1995 & also

DID INTER MILAN OFFER REAL MADRID SAMUEL ETO´O FOR 25M€? IF TRUE, WHY DID REAL MADRID REJECT THE OFFER?

The rumour is hot in Italy, so hot that it has not gone away even after the players transfer period window shut last Wednesday the 1st of September. Did INTER MILAN really offer SAMUEL ETO´O to REAL MADRID? It’s the talk of the “Calcio”, gossip that has reached Spanish media who are now analyzing if true & if Real Madrid missed a bargain.The apparent idea according to the rumour was that Inter

EURO 2012 GROUP QUALIFIER RESULT | LIECHTENSTEIN 0 SPAIN 4 | VIDEO GOALS

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM defeated 0 – 4 LIECHTENSTEIN in the first Group match qualifier for the EURO 2012 competition. A near perfect exhibition that gave a few headlines:• An outstanding Andres Iniesta who put in another exhibition to reinforce his FIFA Golden Ball candidacy• The recovery of FERNANDO TORRES with two brilliant goals signalling that he is back after a difficult knee

FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2010 | XAVI HERNNADEZ VOTED WINNERS BY SPANISH INTERNET READERS

It is still three months away before this years FIFA GOLDEN BALL winner is decided & announced. The Marketing Machine has its motor running with full gas as a string of comments have been made public by Football personalities & media with their opinions on who deserves the prize. Real Madrid Coach José Mourinho gave his opinion that the winner should be Wesley Sneijder, Manchester United Coach

EURO 2012 GROUP QUALIFIER | SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM PROBABLE STARTING LINE-UP AGAINST LIECHTENSTEIN

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM , & current FIFA World Champion, kicks off tonight its defence of the European Champions title won back in 2008 with its first Group game qualifier away against LIECHTENSTEIN. The Group is made up of other teams like Scotland, Lithuania & Czech Rep all playing for spots in the 2012 Euro Championships to be held in Poland/Ukraine.In theory Spain should not have

EUROPEAN U 21 2010 | CANALES GUIDES SPAIN TO A 2 - 1 WIN OVER HOLLAND

The endeavour is a difficult one. Attempt to finish second in its Group (4) & hope that they – the SPANISH U 21 NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM – are amongst the 4 Best 2ºnd placed teams to go into the elimination phase against the Group winners for the London Olympic Games.First step conquered tonight as SPAIN defeated group leaders HOLLAND 2-1 with a grand performance from Real Madrid youngster SERGIO

REAL MADRID 2010 | THE END OF THE DUTCH CONNECTION

Once upon a time REAL MADRID had six Dutch players in their squad for a cost of 123M€ paid to have their services. Today, & with the departure of Rafael Van Ver Vaart to Tottenham, the number of Dutch players in the team is zero.To get to that zero, Real Madrid sold them for a price of 63M€ (- 60M€ loss) & Drenthe loaned out to Spanish Club Hercules. Here is a clear summary:Van der Vaart. Signed